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Indian Navy joins flood relief operations in Sri Lanka
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi/Colombo [India/Sri Lanka], May 27 (ANI): India has sent navy ships with rescue and relief material to Sri Lanka, where torrential rains and landslides have resulted in several deaths and massive devastation over the last two days.
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B-Town reacts to explosions at Ariana's concert
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): The whole world is mourning over the deaths of 22 innocent people who lost their lives in explosions during an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester.
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Himachal CM says swine flu deaths 'common' in populated states
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 19 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Friday stirred a hornet's nest by making a controversial statement on deaths caused due to swine flu.
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'Devastated' Brad Pitt mourning deaths of Chris Cornell, Brad Gr
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 19 (ANI): Brad Pitt has been left devastated following the heartbreaking loss of his two friends, Chris Cornell and Brad Grey.
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Demonetisation deaths: Kerala govt announces ex-gratia for victims' f
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), May 18 (ANI): The Kerala government has decided to give Rs two lakh each to the families of four persons, who died because of exhaustion from standing in extremely long queues at the ATMs and banks to exchange the demonetised notes.
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Commonly prescribed drugs for anxiety, insomnia may prove harmful
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 14 (ANI): A recent study has found substantial increase in prescriptions for two drugs, pregabalin and gabapentin, used for treatment of neuropathic pain, anxiety, insomnia and other mental illnesses is closely correlated with a rise in the number of overdose death
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Higher prostate cancer risks suggest new approach to screening
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 24 (ANI): Due to increasing deaths because of prostate cancer among men, US researchers have suggested a special screening more frequently and at an early age to avoid the development of preclinical prostate cancer - that is not symptomatic - to advanced stages.
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Mentoring Frontline Health Workers as the Champions of NCD Prevention
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 20 (ANI-NewsVoir): Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for 60 percent of deaths in India each year. According to a WHO report, cardiovascular diseases, cancers, respiratory diseases, and diabetes constitute 82 percent of all NCD deaths globally.
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New 'Phystrology Therapy' introduced in India for chronic ailmen
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 16 (ANI): Chronic disease accounts for 60 percent of deaths in India.
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Higher tobacco taxes can help South Asia kick the butt
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 11 (ANI): Higher taxes on tobacco could reduce smoking rates in South Asia by at least one-third and avoid 35-45 million premature deaths, according to a recent study.
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Russia claims Syrian airstrike targetted chemical weapons factory
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Apr. 5 (ANI): Russia's Defence Ministry has blamed a "terrorist" ammunition depot for the deaths of dozens of people in what has been described as a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province.
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Russia condemns Pentagon's response about Mosul civilian deaths
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Apr. 3 (ANI): Russia on Sunday condemned Pentagon's comments on the civilian casualties in Mosul which by calling it "absurd."
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